Case Study: ČSOB achieves 75% faster trade finance processing with SS&C Blue Prism

ČSOB’s Trade Finance Processes 75% Faster with Blue Prism Digital Workers

CSOB, one of the largest commercial banks in the Czech Republic, faced slow, manual trade finance checks required by the four‑eyes principle: two employees had to verify applicants, beneficiaries and other guarantors against blacklists and registers for roughly 8,000 cases a year, with each check taking about 20 minutes. To reduce risk, cost and delay, CSOB partnered with Deloitte and SS&C Blue Prism, using Blue Prism digital workers (RPA) to automate these controls.

Deloitte and SS&C Blue Prism implemented Blue Prism digital workers to automatically check parties against the Czech national register and prepare a summarized overview for manual review. The SS&C Blue Prism solution cut processing time from 20 to 5 minutes, saving about 4,000 hours annually, delivered a 75% faster processing time, 50% cost savings and automated 200+ processes across the business, with strong ROI and plans to expand into predictive planning and fraud management.

CSOB

Deniza Skantova

Head of IT